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Abstract
Post-anarchism has been of considerable importance in the discussions of radical intellectuals across the globe in the last decade. In its most popular form, it demonstrates a desire to blend the most promising aspects of traditional anarchist theory with developments in post-structuralist and post-modernist thought. Post-Anarchism: A Reader includes the most comprehensive collection of essays about this emergent body of thought, making it an essential and accessible resource for academics, intellectuals, activists and anarchists interested in radical philosophy.
Many of the chapters have been formative to the development of a distinctly 'post-anarchist' approach to politics, aesthetics, and philosophy. Others respond to the so-called 'post-anarchist turn' with caution and scepticism. The book also includes original contributions from several of today's 'post-anarchists', inviting further debate and new ways of conceiving post-anarchism across a number of disciplines.
'Collects together key readings in post-anarchist theory and highlights the complexity and diversity of this current of thought. Acknowledging the critical attention post-anarchism has received, it provides an excellent guide to the central themes of contemporary debate. A marvellous, valuable book'
Ruth Kinna, Senior Lecturer in Politics at Loughborough University. Editor of Anarchist Studies and author of The Beginner's Guide to Anarchism (2009).
'I would expect readers at all academic levels, from undergraduates and/or street activists right up to the highest levels of academia, to find this work intellectually stimulating, exciting and fresh'
Stevphen Shukaitis, University of Essex
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cover | Cover | ||
| Contents | v | ||
| Preface | vii | ||
| Acknowledgements | viii | ||
| Introduction: How New Anarchism Changed the World (of Opposition) after Seattle and Gave Birth to Post-Anarchism | 1 | ||
| Part 1: When Anarchism Met Post-Structuralism | 23 | ||
| 1. Post-Structuralism and the Epistemological Basis of Anarchism (Andrew M. Koch) | 23 | ||
| 2. Is Post-Structuralist Political Theory Anarchist? (Todd May) | 41 | ||
| 3. Post-Anarchism and Radical Politics Today (Saul Newman) | 46 | ||
| 4. Post-Anarchism Anarchy (Hakim Bey) | 69 | ||
| Part 2: Post-Anarchism Hits the Streets | 73 | ||
| 5. Empowering Anarchy: Power, Hegemony and Anarchist Strategy (Tadzio Mueller) | 75 | ||
| 6. Hegemony, Affinity and the Newest Social Movements: At the End of the 00s (Richard J. F. Day) | 95 | ||
| 7. The Constellation of Opposition (Jason Adams) | 117 | ||
| 8. Acracy_Reloaded@post1968/1989: Reflections on Postmodern Revolutions (Antón Fernández de Rota) | 139 | ||
| Part 3: Classical Anarchism Reloaded | 149 | ||
| 9. Things to Do with Post-Structuralism in a Life of Anarchy: Relocating the Outpost of Post-Anarchism (Sandra Jeppesen) | 151 | ||
| 10. Anarchy, Power and Post-Structuralism (Allan Antliff) | 160 | ||
| 11. Post-Anarchism: A Partial Account (Benjamin Franks) | 168 | ||
| Part 4: Lines of Flight | 181 | ||
| 12. Buffy the Post-Anarchist Vampire Slayer (Lewis Call) | 183 | ||
| 13. Sexuality as State Form (Jamie Heckert) | 195 | ||
| 14. When Theories Meet: Emma Goldman and ‘Post-Anarchism’ (Hilton Bertalan) | 208 | ||
| 15. Reconsidering Post-Structuralism and Anarchism (Nathan Jun) | 231 | ||
| 16. Imperfect Necessity and the Mechanical Continuation of Everyday Life: A Post-Anarchist Politics of Technology (Michael Truscello) | 250 | ||
| Contributors | 261 | ||
| Index | 263 |